Top 90 Nancy Pelosi Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble.”

— Nancy Pelosi

52. “My statements are just a statement of fact.”

— Nancy Pelosi

53. “No money changed hands, of course.”

— Nancy Pelosi

54. “And, cuts in education, scientific research and the rest are harmful, and they are what are affected by the sequestration.”

— Nancy Pelosi

55. “I come back to the science that is in it to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and climate change. It’s about science, science, science and science, innovation, as we rebuild America, create jobs, invest in our people and turn this economy around.”

— Nancy Pelosi

56. “In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.”

— Nancy Pelosi

57. “By making college more affordable for all and more accessible for minority students, the first new higher education authorizing legislation in a decade will help strengthen our nation and America’s middle class, and spur a new age of innovation and ingenuity in our country.”

— Nancy Pelosi

58. “The president of the United States, the most famous person in the world, maybe in the whole galaxy – in a long time – he had to spend like a billion dollars to set the record straight.”

— Nancy Pelosi

59. “Ninety-eight percent of women in childbearing age who are Catholic use contraception. Ok, so in practice the church has not enforced this and now they want the federal government and private insurance to enforce it. It just isn’t consistent to me.”

— Nancy Pelosi

60. “Democrats believe in reigniting the American dream by removing barriers to success and building ladders of opportunity for all, so everyone can succeed.”

— Nancy Pelosi

61. “Older people are not going to evaporate from the face of the Earth for two years. They’re going to have medical need and they’re going to have to be attended to. And the earlier intervention for it, the less the cost will be and the better the quality of life.”

— Nancy Pelosi

62. “America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.”

— Nancy Pelosi

63. “The president led us into the Iraq war on the basis of unproven assertions without evidence; he embraced a radical doctrine of pre-emptive war unprecedented in our history; and he failed to build a true international coalition.”

— Nancy Pelosi

64. “We in Congress stand by Israel. In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject of Israel.”

— Nancy Pelosi

65. “Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward.”

— Nancy Pelosi

66. “I think about my parents all the time, especially on Sunday when I’m at Mass. My mother always said, ‘We do not pray to win elections. We pray for people’s health, we pray that God’s will be done, we pray that we do our best. But we do not pray to win elections.’”

— Nancy Pelosi

67. “Jobs are central to the American dream – and President Obama has focused on jobs from day one.”

— Nancy Pelosi

68. “When the Kyoto Protocol enters into the force tomorrow, the world will take a significant and long-awaited first step towards stemming global warming. Instead of stepping forward as the world leader on climate change, however, the Bush Administration is clinging to the role of world obstructionist.”

— Nancy Pelosi

69. “If you make – not have – $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I’m willing to put that on the table.”

— Nancy Pelosi

70. “I Don’t Remember Saying that Everybody in the Country Would Have a Lower Premium.”

— Nancy Pelosi

71. “It isn’t as much you a spending problem as a priorities, and that is what the budget is, setting priorities. It’s about timing. And it’s about timing as to when make cuts, as well.”

— Nancy Pelosi

72. “On GOP Tax Cuts: They’ll take food out of the mouths of children to give tax cuts to the wealthiest.”

— Nancy Pelosi

73. “I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.”

— Nancy Pelosi

74. “Pass the bill to find out what’s in it.”

— Nancy Pelosi

75. “When I was growing up in the 50s it wasn’t quite the same. Fathers were more protective and now they see all of the possibilities for their daughters.”

— Nancy Pelosi

76. “With Americans worried about losing their jobs, their savings, their homes and their chance at the American Dream, the New Direction Congress will work in a bipartisan way to lift our economy and help America’s middle class.”

— Nancy Pelosi

77. “We need major investments for rebuilding the infrastructure of America in a very forward-looking way that reduces our dependence on foreign oil. It is a commitment to innovation, to science, to keep America number one and competitive and grow our manufacturing base.”

— Nancy Pelosi

78. “I would do almost anything Tina Fey asks me to do.”

— Nancy Pelosi

79. “I will not be making appointments to a committee that is not bipartisan.”

— Nancy Pelosi

80. “We haven’t really gotten the credit for what we have done.”

— Nancy Pelosi

81. “Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to promote policies that produce jobs and economic growth, and to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own.”

— Nancy Pelosi

82. “Let’s just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.”

— Nancy Pelosi

83. “Everybody will have lower rates, better quality, and better access.”

— Nancy Pelosi

84. “Even if Osama bin Laden is caught tomorrow, it is five years too late. To capture him now I don’t think makes us any safer.”

— Nancy Pelosi

85. “Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down.”

— Nancy Pelosi

86. “We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!”

— Nancy Pelosi

87. “The fact is that a lot of the spending increases came during the Bush administration. Two unpaid for wars we got ourselves engaged in. A prescription drug plan that added enormous amounts to our spending, and the tax cuts at the high end that did not create jobs and create revenue coming.”

— Nancy Pelosi

88. “What I do care about is that it’s an obstacle to other women entering politics, because they’ll say, “Why would I do that? I have plenty of other options.” And women with plenty of options are just the women that we want to be in politics and government.”

— Nancy Pelosi

89. “Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.”

— Nancy Pelosi

90. “Jobs mean freedom for workers to support their families.”

— Nancy Pelosi

91. “This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008.”

— Nancy Pelosi

92. “Whatever the deal is with other countries, we want a better deal for America’s workers.”

— Nancy Pelosi

93. “My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there’ll be more legislation to follow.”

— Nancy Pelosi

94. “Three year sof unconditional MFN have not lead to any subtantial improvement in human rights, trade and nuclear proliferation practice of the Chinese government. In addition to the trade barriers, China has marred our trade relationship wit prison labor or export and other unfair trade practices.”

— Nancy Pelosi

95. “What we’re discussing privately and publicly, is a budget which is a blueprint for the future which creates jobs, which educates our children, which provides healthcare for all Americans, which takes our deficit down, which gives a tax cut for 95% of the American people.”

— Nancy Pelosi

96. “It is clear that the American people are weary of war. However, Assad gassing his own people is an issue of our national security, regional stability and global security.”

— Nancy Pelosi

97. “With President Obama, we will move America forward.”

— Nancy Pelosi

98. “The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.”

— Nancy Pelosi